Our Joy comes from living our own lives simply -never from demanding that others live simply -or from ever making any demands whatsoever upon others.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

True friends are appreciative and never demanding.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

In many ways, it is easier to be a good giver than a good receiver.The giver chooses the gift and the timing.More important, societal and religious traditionstend to elevate the status of giver and lower the status of receiver.When the Bible (Acts 20:32-35) speaks of it beingmore blessed to give than to receive,I believe that a better translation might be"take" rather than "receive," as the contextof that passage is "coveting."Certainly there is nothing blessed about coveting,stealing, begging, or demanding,however the skill of graciously receiving a freely offered giftis another matter entirely.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Be clear that expectations are demands.Demanding that life turn out the way we preferis a sure path to disappointment and suffering.Happiness lies in having no expectations,and accepting life as it comes.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The secret to a joyful life is Simplicity -saying NO to the latest this and the most glamorous that -saying NO to chasing an overly-demanding career -saying NO to the stressful demands upon your time and energy.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Credulity - willingness to acceptunsupported statements without demanding proof -is the greatest ally of the dictator and the demagogue.- Arthur C. Clarke

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He who receives a great many letters demanding answer,sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle ofone man against the rest of the world.- Anna C. Brackett

The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanicsby Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding.- Martin Fleischmann

I'm demanding to be prosecuted.I'm begging to be prosecuted for perjury.- George Galloway

I can be very critical on myself and on other people;I can be very demanding.- Catherine Deneuve

In Europe, they're more demanding, the ones that rent the build ings.- Helmut Jahn

From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose.- Mark Strand

Everywhere I travel throughout Eastern Washington,I hear from people demanding we do a better job ofcontrolling our borders and reducing illegal immigration.- Cathy McMorris

We wouldn't think of going to our doctor and saying'Treat me the way doctors treated people in the 19th Century',and yet that's what we're demanding in food production.- Nina Fedoroff

There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation,a very demanding piece of work, and knowing that you'renot a true ally to the person who's in charge of all that.- Daniel Day-Lewis

And when we go from braking to accelerating to cornering,the G-forces we pull are really demanding on our bodies.We definitely have to be in top shape.- Michael Andretti

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.- Mary Catherine Bateson

Mexico takes a hard line on immigration,demanding that visitors to her shores enter lawfully,and show her respect during their stay.- John Linder

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy-demanding as the above figures indicate,it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.- Barney Oliver

We did many of our own stunts.We had our hands full.In fact, the roles were physically demanding.- Mary-Kate Olsen

I'm much more used to the TV shows, which are demandingto write and perform but very fulfilling.- Rory Bremner

Our public school system is our country's biggest andmost inefficient monopoly,yet it keeps demanding more and more money.- Phyllis Schlafly

In addition to demanding answers and accountabilityfrom the Veterans Administration,Congress had to act to ensure veterans do not sufferbecause of the actions of a federal agency.- Doc Hastings

But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire andpassion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done.I think players will respond to that,and we'll see.- Steve Spurrier

There's something contagious about demanding freedom.- Robin Morgan

We were a fast-growing company, and I was a demanding boss.- Bernie Ebbers

The interests of the United States are better servedby demanding reform and seeing that reform takes placethan by removing our influence from the UN.- Jesse Helms

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.- Terry Pratchett

When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fairto us-but rather to care for us,to be considerate of us.There is a world of difference here between demanding justice...and begging or pleading for love.- Mortimer Adler

No one has the right to destroy another person's beliefby demanding empirical evidence.- Ann Landers

I think the main influence has been living in New York City.Aside from all the crap around 9/11,I find it very demanding to think amid all the noise and visual pollution.- George Murray

There are no crowds out there demanding to see smoking scenes in movies.- Joe Eszterhas

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible,and demanding it at gunpoint.- Christopher Hitchens

Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding.I actually broke a rib during that scene.And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging,just breathing and laughing.- Guy Pearce

As an announcer, 'The Price Is Right' is the motherof all shows not only because of its legacy,but because it is by far the most demanding game show.- Randy West

If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you,your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demandingcoach your son can play for.- Bobby Knight

Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity,there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.- Dominique de Villepin

I don't mind demanding women.- Chris Noth

We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was.But give me a break, it's only a movie.- Javier Bardem

Waterworld was the best time of my life.It was physically demanding, but it was fun.I mean, you're in Hawaii for nine months shooting on the water every day.- David R. Ellis

I find that everything I do is demanding,like Jack Bristow is a complicated man and I do a lotof explaining in the show,it takes a lot of energy and concentration.- Victor Garber

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.- Ira Gershwin

I had explained that a woman's asking for equalityin the church would be comparable to a black person'sdemanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan.- Mary Daly

Home Alone was a lot and a lot and a lot of standingand sitting and walking and running and it was physically demanding but in this,I'm doing back flips and riding ostriches.It's physically demanding in a new way,so it's fun.- Alex D. Linz

A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence beforethey actually consider Iraq a threat.For example, France wants more evidence.And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wantedmore evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag.- David Letterman

If a university official's letter accusing a speakerof having a proclivity to commit speech crimes before she's given the speech -which then leads to Facebook postings demanding that Ann Coulter be hurt,a massive riot and a police-ordered cancellation of the speech -is not hate speech,then there is no such thing as hate speech.- Ann Coulter

I've grown as a person.The dynamics on this set are very demanding because we work a lot of hours,it's very sad material, so there's always someone upsetbecause it's really heavy stuff.- Elisabeth Rohm

Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beautythat it is considered with tranquil satisfaction;that it pleases if we also do not possess it and weare still far removed from demanding to possess it.- Moses Mendelssohn

Well, I don't know.Home Alone, I was a lot younger and I was in everyshot and it was a lot colder,so Home Alone was physically demanding but more likebeing able to stand for a long time.- Alex D. Linz

No one will ever argue that someone could have playedHelen Keller better than Patty Duke.It was an incredibly demanding role and I don't thinkanyone can argue that it was a false performance.- Richard Masur

As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue,I also intend to persist in demanding answers and actionon the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veteransin North Central Washington.- Doc Hastings

It was tough at the time but when I was younger,my Dad.I would say my Dad, because without him I wouldn't have been here.I mean it was tough for me because he was really demanding.With him, it was never enough, you know,anything I did was never enough.- Thierry Henry

I believe that every role that I have done this farhas had quality and content.My roles have been very demanding and every role hasbeen a challenge and a learning experience that hashelped me mature as an actress.- Natasha Henstridge

Obsessional does not necessarily mean sexual obsession,not even obsession for this, or for that in particular;to be an obsessional means to find oneself caught in a mechanism,in a trap increasingly demanding and endless.- Jacques Lacan

Getting in shape for this role, which is incredibly demanding,vocally, has been a lot of hard work,but I'm nailing it.I'm even kind of, at times, blowing my own mind,because I am even able to talk right now.- David Hasselhoff

It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused.And it's also pretty clear the American people arestill demanding and asking the question,'Where are the jobs?' And the reason we don't havenew jobs is because of the job-killing agenda pursuedby President Obama and his allies in the Congress.- John Boehner

I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium,which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsorsare just dying to have right now,and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding.- Jackie Cooper

You see the images that the public is demanding.Why more reality-based TV? You'd think that after thefirst Survivor it would have gone away,but it hasn't.The public demands it because they get all caught up in the personal stories,and want to see more and more.- Montel Williams

We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people,change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding.To the extent he is willing to do this,we are ready to work with him.- John Boehner

The only real security is not in owning or possessing,not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping,even.Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was,nor forward to what it might be, but living in thepresent and accepting it as it is now.- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce,are more socially conscious.They are more demanding in terms of environment andhow that environment contributes to their life.- Helmut Jahn

A technical solution may be defined as one that requiresa change only in the techniques of the natural sciences,demanding little or nothing in the way of change inhuman values or ideas of morality.- Garrett Hardin